Freeform

Total raised$115.0M
StageSeries B
Hiring pace33 roles / 90d
Founded2019
Team size11-50
HQHawthorne , CA
IndustriesIndustrial Automation3D PrintingManufacturingAI/MLHardware

About Freeform

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation. The company treats manufacturing as a single integrated system to enable the design, build, and scaling of complex hardware without limits. Its mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation. Freeform has raised $115 million in funding from top investors including Founders Fund, Threshold Ventures, Apandion, Two Sigma Ventures, and NVIDIA's NVentures, and its proprietary technology leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost.

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Company at a glance

Location
Hawthorne , CA
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Founders & Leadership

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Tasso Lappas

Chief Scientific Officer at Freeform

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Erik Palitsch

CEO & Co-Founder @ Freeform / Former SpaceX / Featured in Bloomberg / We're Hiring!

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering60%
  • Specialized Roles22%
  • Operations16%
  • Leadership2%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Southern California
  2. 2.University of California, Los Angeles
  3. 3.Columbia University
  4. 4.University of California, San Diego
  5. 5.California State University, Long Beach

Team Worked At

  • SpaceX
  • Tesla
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Boeing
  • Lockheed Martin

Team Composition

49 people
  • Engineering27
  • Operations4
  • Human Resources2
  • Information Technology2
  • Administrative1
  • Arts and Design1
  • Customer Success and Support1
  • Finance1

Culture & values

The team believes in close collaboration.

Mutual respect within the team.

Practice of first-principles thinking.

Sense of humor is valued in the team.

They seek mission-driven individuals who thrive in a technically challenging, dynamic environment.

Life at Freeform

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